Moira
@moiraok.bsky.social
She/They. Humanist. Anti-fascist. Pro-vaccine. Midwesterner who loves the sea. Former academic. Quite sure that there is in fact such a thing as society. Glum. 🍉
Shoving AI into everything reminds me of shoe-store X-ray machines. “Representatives of the shoe retail industry denied claims of potential harm…[and] argued that use of the devices prevented harm to customers' feet from poorly-fitted shoes.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fi...
Shoe-fitting fluoroscope - Wikipedia
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December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Shoving AI into everything reminds me of shoe-store X-ray machines. “Representatives of the shoe retail industry denied claims of potential harm…[and] argued that use of the devices prevented harm to customers' feet from poorly-fitted shoes.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fi...
Going back to physical media to save $ on streaming & step out of the algorithm. I can pause frames & watch credits easily. PLUS, SPECIAL FEATURES!
I’ll invest in some UHD & blu ray (hello @criterion.bsky.social) and utilize my local library, but for now I’m rescuing DVDs from the garage; so fun!
I’ll invest in some UHD & blu ray (hello @criterion.bsky.social) and utilize my local library, but for now I’m rescuing DVDs from the garage; so fun!
November 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Going back to physical media to save $ on streaming & step out of the algorithm. I can pause frames & watch credits easily. PLUS, SPECIAL FEATURES!
I’ll invest in some UHD & blu ray (hello @criterion.bsky.social) and utilize my local library, but for now I’m rescuing DVDs from the garage; so fun!
I’ll invest in some UHD & blu ray (hello @criterion.bsky.social) and utilize my local library, but for now I’m rescuing DVDs from the garage; so fun!
Global boycott of the World Cup and its sponsors.
August 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Global boycott of the World Cup and its sponsors.
Logos should not include detailed illustrations. Most major brands that started with elaborate logos have simplified them over time. I mean, who cares, but that was a bad logo. I would have done a bit more to the shape to reference the concept of a barrel.
August 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Logos should not include detailed illustrations. Most major brands that started with elaborate logos have simplified them over time. I mean, who cares, but that was a bad logo. I would have done a bit more to the shape to reference the concept of a barrel.
I mean, it would be better to win that battle right now and have the rainbow crosswalk restored immediately. But this regime is destroying so much, so quickly it would be great to have an augmented reality app that could help us remember and track it all, and to see everything in place, how it was.
August 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I mean, it would be better to win that battle right now and have the rainbow crosswalk restored immediately. But this regime is destroying so much, so quickly it would be great to have an augmented reality app that could help us remember and track it all, and to see everything in place, how it was.
The augmented reality app I’m imagining could also display other destroyed elements of public space, such as the rainbow crosswalk Pulse memorial. A tool for collective memory and for re-envisioning the future. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Pulse Memorial's rainbow crosswalk removed overnight in Orlando, Florida
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer called the removal a “cruel political act.”
www.nbcnews.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The augmented reality app I’m imagining could also display other destroyed elements of public space, such as the rainbow crosswalk Pulse memorial. A tool for collective memory and for re-envisioning the future. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Someone please make an augmented reality app that allows visitors to Smithsonian and other sites to see virtual versions of exhibits and placards removed by the regime. It could also provide images of empty spaces where Confederate monuments are.
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Someone please make an augmented reality app that allows visitors to Smithsonian and other sites to see virtual versions of exhibits and placards removed by the regime. It could also provide images of empty spaces where Confederate monuments are.
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The Moral Imperative Of Clear Language
I need to say something that will make many of you deeply uncomfortable: your refusal to call fascism “fascism” is not sophistication—it’s complicity. When Donald Trump posts explicit orders for “REMIGRATION” and “Mass Deportation Operations” targeting…
I need to say something that will make many of you deeply uncomfortable: your refusal to call fascism “fascism” is not sophistication—it’s complicity. When Donald Trump posts explicit orders for “REMIGRATION” and “Mass Deportation Operations” targeting…
The Moral Imperative Of Clear Language
I need to say something that will make many of you deeply uncomfortable: your refusal to call fascism “fascism” is not sophistication—it’s complicity. When Donald Trump posts explicit orders for “REMIGRATION” and “Mass Deportation Operations” targeting American cities because they are “the core of the Democrat Power Center,” that’s not “controversial immigration policy.” That’s mass deportation directed against political opponents.
www.techdirt.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Moral Imperative Of Clear Language
I need to say something that will make many of you deeply uncomfortable: your refusal to call fascism “fascism” is not sophistication—it’s complicity. When Donald Trump posts explicit orders for “REMIGRATION” and “Mass Deportation Operations” targeting…
I need to say something that will make many of you deeply uncomfortable: your refusal to call fascism “fascism” is not sophistication—it’s complicity. When Donald Trump posts explicit orders for “REMIGRATION” and “Mass Deportation Operations” targeting…
Reliving my disappointment because a last-minute schedule change at LTL 2024 had Kneecap and Bob Vylan playing at the same time.
July 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reliving my disappointment because a last-minute schedule change at LTL 2024 had Kneecap and Bob Vylan playing at the same time.
Trying out the shared playlist feature on Bandcamp in honor of tomorrow’s protests. Special shoutout to @fiadh.bsky.social for sending so much great music my way.
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bandcamp.com/moirazoe/pla...
June 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Trying out the shared playlist feature on Bandcamp in honor of tomorrow’s protests. Special shoutout to @fiadh.bsky.social for sending so much great music my way.
bandcamp.com/moirazoe/pla...
bandcamp.com/moirazoe/pla...
The national failure to stand up for students protesting the genocide in Gaza has eroded students’ rights to protest at all. These NCCU students were exposing conditions—including black mold—in their own dorms, and they are still being called outside agitators & subjected to beating and arrest.
Students & faculty in North Carolina getting arrested for protesting their abhorrent living conditions. So much for free speech and the right to assemble.
![According to the student leaders I spoke with, the arrestees were all affiliated with NCCU. They told me that *one of the people detained was not currently enrolled but was enrolled last semester and is still active with campus activities. They said others were students and a faculty member.
Students and a faculty member.
These are young people speaking out on their own campus about their living conditions on said campus.
Even if you do not believe the students — which you should, I do believe them, I was VERY impressed with them — tell me why a faculty member would be arrested. Make that make sense.
They were taken to the jail to go before the magistrate. After several long hours at the jail, they were released with a promise to appear in court.
None of their supporters were allowed into the [public, taxpayer-funded] waiting room to sit, warm up, or use the restrooms.
The “Durham 5”’s charges include:
— 2nd degree trespassing (ON THEIR OWN CAMPUS)
— resisting a public officer
— failure to disperse
I believe our Durham community, and all people of good will, should stand with these young people. The arrests were completely unwarranted.
All charges should be dropped.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y2n2rura3scwzs2x5utxgaae/bafkreid7jmlm4jaty3qxqi2khuextnspk3ec3kmpx5qkxgdk3ozz2jceti@jpeg)
April 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The national failure to stand up for students protesting the genocide in Gaza has eroded students’ rights to protest at all. These NCCU students were exposing conditions—including black mold—in their own dorms, and they are still being called outside agitators & subjected to beating and arrest.
Blue Origin feels like the European Commission’s disastrous “Science: It’s A Girl Thing” video come to life.
(To be fair, that program went on to produce some great content after being roasted for this.)
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(To be fair, that program went on to produce some great content after being roasted for this.)
youtu.be/iuJ1zp-QT8o?...
"Science, Its a Girl Thing"
YouTube video by marsartists
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April 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Blue Origin feels like the European Commission’s disastrous “Science: It’s A Girl Thing” video come to life.
(To be fair, that program went on to produce some great content after being roasted for this.)
youtu.be/iuJ1zp-QT8o?...
(To be fair, that program went on to produce some great content after being roasted for this.)
youtu.be/iuJ1zp-QT8o?...
This song is stuck in my head, but sharing this great @dropkickmurphys.com version is not meant to imply that those being held in offshore prisons have stolen Trevelyan's corn or anything else.
youtu.be/5t6HQ4npbG4?...
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Fields of Athenry
YouTube video by Dropkick Murphys - Topic
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April 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This song is stuck in my head, but sharing this great @dropkickmurphys.com version is not meant to imply that those being held in offshore prisons have stolen Trevelyan's corn or anything else.
youtu.be/5t6HQ4npbG4?...
youtu.be/5t6HQ4npbG4?...
As they are intended to do, the constant assaults on every domain make it hard to think ahead, but we must.
I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
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Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners
Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners
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April 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
As they are intended to do, the constant assaults on every domain make it hard to think ahead, but we must.
If a low U.S. birth rate (as in pop. growth) was an actual problem, increasing legal paths to immigration and supporting immigrants would be a logical solution. But of course that’s not what he’s worried about. Make him say “white babies” whenever he spreads this shit.
Baier: What's the biggest thing that keeps you up at night?
Musk: The birth rate is very low in almost every country. And unless that changes, civilization will disappear. America had the lowest birth rate
Musk: The birth rate is very low in almost every country. And unless that changes, civilization will disappear. America had the lowest birth rate
March 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
If a low U.S. birth rate (as in pop. growth) was an actual problem, increasing legal paths to immigration and supporting immigrants would be a logical solution. But of course that’s not what he’s worried about. Make him say “white babies” whenever he spreads this shit.
Adolescence is a powerful story, creatively told, with stellar performances. Still, I was surprised by how devastated & heartsick I felt. Then I realized—those feelings were just me returning to my new real-life baseline. Not exactly “escapist” but the show’s artistry distracted me from the news.
March 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Adolescence is a powerful story, creatively told, with stellar performances. Still, I was surprised by how devastated & heartsick I felt. Then I realized—those feelings were just me returning to my new real-life baseline. Not exactly “escapist” but the show’s artistry distracted me from the news.
Release Mahmoud Khalil
March 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Release Mahmoud Khalil
Project Runway but each challenge is to make an outfit for Alan Cumming.
March 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Project Runway but each challenge is to make an outfit for Alan Cumming.
Also if Reagan is rolling in his grave it’s only because of jealousy. Every shit thing that’s happening now has roots in, or indeed was set in motion by, the Reagan administration. If we had an actual opposition party I’d assume that the person providing their rebuttal would get that.
March 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Also if Reagan is rolling in his grave it’s only because of jealousy. Every shit thing that’s happening now has roots in, or indeed was set in motion by, the Reagan administration. If we had an actual opposition party I’d assume that the person providing their rebuttal would get that.
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Dems look like they're bidding on fascism at a silent auction
March 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Dems look like they're bidding on fascism at a silent auction
Yesterday I heard two Dems give speeches which said that yes, there is gov’t waste but it needs to be trimmed more thoughtfully.
Stop it. We need to tax the billionaires & corps. The 1% must pay their fair share. Don’t legitimize the coup by saying the problem is flawed execution of good goals.
Stop it. We need to tax the billionaires & corps. The 1% must pay their fair share. Don’t legitimize the coup by saying the problem is flawed execution of good goals.
March 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Yesterday I heard two Dems give speeches which said that yes, there is gov’t waste but it needs to be trimmed more thoughtfully.
Stop it. We need to tax the billionaires & corps. The 1% must pay their fair share. Don’t legitimize the coup by saying the problem is flawed execution of good goals.
Stop it. We need to tax the billionaires & corps. The 1% must pay their fair share. Don’t legitimize the coup by saying the problem is flawed execution of good goals.
An apt visual metaphor for public education under the Trump/Musk regime. (Grateful that no one was hurt!) www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcn...
Cleveland school bus filled with students bursts into flames during morning route
The bus was headed to Monticello Middle School when the flames erupted, but the driver rushed the students to safety and no one was harmed, officials say.
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February 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
An apt visual metaphor for public education under the Trump/Musk regime. (Grateful that no one was hurt!) www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcn...
I always enjoyed imagining the missing chapters detailing how the traumatized snoop from The Conversation became the faraday-cage-dwelling privacy expert in Enemy of the State. RIP.
February 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I always enjoyed imagining the missing chapters detailing how the traumatized snoop from The Conversation became the faraday-cage-dwelling privacy expert in Enemy of the State. RIP.
Don’t ask them, trump city, ‘cause they ain’t gonna play
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Stars pull out of shows and positions at Kennedy Center after Trump takeover
Issa Rae, Ben Folds and Shonda Rhimes among those who chose not to associate with the institution and president
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Don’t ask them, trump city, ‘cause they ain’t gonna play
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...